Maintenance Worker (Trails)

US National Park Service; Bar Harbor (ME); On-site; USD 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

US National Park Service, Bar Harbor, Maine, seeks a Maintenance Worker (Trails) WG-4749-07 to perform independent trail construction and maintenance in backcountry settings. Duties include drainage, tread work, stone steps, and stone walls, following historic standards and cultural guidelines.

The ideal candidate will have experience with drystone masonry, use of common hand tools, and ability to move materials with cable rigging in remote areas.

Qualifications

• Resume must show ability to perform duties with minimal supervision.
• Experience building and maintaining trails, drainage, and stone features.
• Experience with drystone masonry and stone shaping.
• Experience moving materials with cable rigging in backcountry.
• Familiarity with common hand tools and trail construction equipment.

Responsibilities

• Work on trails and independently construct and maintain trail features.
• Complete small trail projects from drawings or guidelines.
• Cut and shape stones and use drystone masonry to build trails to historic standards.
• Construct and maintain trail features including drainage, tread, retaining walls, and stone steps.
• Experience with common hand tools and equipment used in trail construction and repair; move materials with cables.

Skills

Independence

Equipment assembly

Technical skills

Measuring instruments

Blueprint reading

Tool maintenance

Materials knowledge

Tools

Hand tools

Cable rigging systems

Drystone masonry tools

Job description

First time hires to the federal government typically start at the beginning salary in the range for their respective grade level.
WG-07: $25.24 (Step 1) to $29.48 (Step 5) per hour - Central and Northern Maine (RUS) Wage Area
This position is also open to candidates in the local commuting area under announcement CAHR-26-13075699-FUL-LLH. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10/05/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

To qualify for this position, you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-related factors:

1. Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision (SCREEN OUT)
2. Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installation, Repair, etc.
3. Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic)
4. Use of Measuring Instruments
5. Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (includes blueprinting reading)
6. Ability To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
7. Knowledge of Materials

To be minimally qualified, your resume must demonstrate that you are able to perform the duties of the Maintenance Worker (Trails), WG-4749-07 position without more than normal supervision. Examples of relevant experience include, but are not limited to:

• Ability to work on a variety of trails and work independently to construct and maintain trail features such as drainage, tread, stone walls, and stone steps.
• Complete small trail projects from drawings or written guidelines.
• Cut and shape stones to and use drystone masonry techniques to construct trails to historic standards following cultural guidelines.
• Construct and maintain trail features including drainage, tread, stone or timber retaining walls, or stone steps.
• Experience with the use of common hand tools and some equipment used in trail construction and repair. Move materials using cable rigging systems in a backcountry setting.

If your knowledge and ability in the SCREEN OUT factor above is not sufficient, you will receive no further consideration. In preparing your application, describe in detail the experience and training which you have had that specifically prepared you for this job and to perform the duties described for this job. Experience should be clearly described and documented in your resume. Your resume must support your response to the assessment questionnaire, and if it does not, your application will be marked as not eligible. The qualifications reviewer will not assume performance of such duties by Job Titles alone. Address your knowledge, skills and/or abilities in the areas shown in the job-related factors.

You must meet at least 2 points on the screen-out element(s) and obtain an average of at least 2 points on all of the job elements to be considered qualified for this position.

Volunteer Experience:

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Requirements Continued:

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.

This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated.

Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.